Opinion: A Return to Authoritarianism in Egypt?

Hudson Institute Research Fellow Samuel Tadros on Egypt's new protest law and Gen. Sisi's political future. Photo: Associated Press

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... I ... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... he ... was banned street protests in these last days ... is general CC ... contemplating a return to authoritarian government I've got Hudson Institute research fellow ... Sam talkers joining me now from Washington ... Sam what was the trigger for putting this protest laws in place ... hi Mary it's of the trader has been really the continuous photos that are going on in the country ... and of the new government's attempt to find a way to team with discouraged from this from taking place in the first place ... gospel to all those restrictions ... on what is close to the tothe to post this bike to win so ... allowing the security forces to do more um actively more prone to meet ... with any protests that art scene in the ... sentence is thus make it harder for a return to democracy TUC general CC ... basically ... using that have the hands toward a more authoritarian kind of regime ... part of the focus was of course a natural YouTube does need to focus all that that makes a false sense of how people should apply for the good hope this ... but there is no cost here in the security service and they certainly have a very bad record ... in dealing with any profits either peacefully or all ... of the need of a couple of months ago the they're going to disperse them all ... the rub on and on ... and not bow probe despite walls above them supporters ... supporters of ex President Morsi has left more than one thousand people dead ... so this is not really the kind of institution you trust with dealing with that ... with a crocus in the first place ... of course we have today just as ... an hour or so before we are speaking ... the first the activation of the crocus wall ... with the rest of the Waltham bother with some workers ... but secular or non Waltham bother with people ... demonstrating against the new proposed constitution ... and against the Pope this law ... so it's not only something that the spirit by supporters of the Brotherhood but buying up large activists throughout the country for we see very worrying signs above where the country's having ... and what the future that the general is planning for Sam what is the update on the rewriting of the Constitution is that moving for him ... and is it moving for a dinner in a liberal fashion ... well it's anyone's guess ... deal for spark into the nature of dips in journalism I'm golf course to to the kind of flights that are going on inside the Constitution permits the ... Humphrey conflicting reports about what the actual work that goes ... well with the state told them what the action the say ... so in some of those are things we're seeing a doctor cost option than the one we had gone to the Waltham bother with what we're seeing their aggression and other Arctic this is whether ... the key sticking point today ... is the question all between ... the church to present the before one-time ... items the support of the style of fees and ... also the name ... is Islam a quarter of the installation of the country ... over the base of the condition of what the principles of Islam actually I would be ... whether it would be put in the preamble or call ... out to deal with this question of religion and its relationship to society so silly ... is it that is it's too early to tell then if general CC is is turning into an authoritarian or not guess for now ... what is certainly the rollout of the country over diesel Research in his response to a four for the the situation so far and and certainly the station has all been having to any ... political solution to the country's problems ... there's been a very brutal ... attack to wrestle Waltham bother with members ... there has been a distraction with all the freedom of the past ... there have been ... instructions column the freedom of assembly sourcing further warning signs one key indication of what the general cause of mine ... is the ... new role of the president of the find of the Constitution ... and the costumes retains the powers of the president ... that we've been to get some indication that the general was climbing to one for that post ... is the role of the present has diminished significantly ... better than China and ... it depends on the street to remain as Minister of defense and de facto power Walter and the back of the ... they're going to get to so we don't know yet but very worrying signs Sets Hudson Institute research fellow Sam talkers ... thank you for joining us ... demand for ...